Oldal 137 [137]
MONGOLIAN BUDDHIST ORGANIZATIONS: SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
Internal relations of religious institutions serve as a main leverage for the organi¬
zational activities while determining the results of their operations. Main objective
of a religious organization is to disseminate religious doctrines in a systematic way
under certain structure to lay people. The success of this process, therefore, depends
on internal structure and coherence of functional groups in an organization.
Internal process or coordination within a Buddhist institution is closely related
with its daily activities. These internal activities can be divided into the following
sections:
— Social activities of a monastery
— Religious activities of a monastery
Activities conducted by Buddhist monasteries are aimed at ensuring human wellbe¬
ing, in this regard, types of services and activities are as follows in terms of social
work.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RESTORATION AND
AND AWARENESS BUILDING EEO RS TE UES PROTECTION MEASURES
Pay tuition of students from low- + Provide the elderly, female-headed «Provide material support to people
income who are eager to learn households and disabled people affected by natural disasters such
«Provide orphanage with necessary with food and fuel; as drought and dzud;
technical equipments; « Donate clothing, school supplies «Pool resources for people affected
«Offer basic education for novices and monetary aids to orphaned, by natural disasters;
and young monks through non- estranged from parents and/or «Clean cemetery places in rural
formal education; homeless children; areas in order to protect public
«Translate and distribute buddhist «Provide food, clothing and shelter health and prevent infectious
books for children and youth for to homeless people, provide diseases;
free, organize lectures and monetary aid to housing; -Recite reiligious texts and perform
discussions among students in «Provide support to improve the religious rituals free of charge to
secondary schools; living conditions of the elderly elevate spiritual moods of people;
* Organize trainings and seminars at people; * Provide support for medical
the request by other organizations; «Provide material support to expenses of people living below
«Donate books to incarceration orphanage and nursing homes; poverty line;
centers;
«Organize jointly sports
competitions;
Fig. 3. Types of social and humanitarian activities in Buddhist monasteries
directed towards public."
Although these activities are usually directed at providing material support to people
in need, people find it very influential to overcome the crises, they are going through.
More importantly, the social works by Buddhist institutions contribute significantly
to the establishment of social ethics by providing sustainable moral and spiritual
needs of people. In the above-mentioned social works, many stakeholders are in¬
volved including state and local governing bodies, military units, prisons under law
enforcement authority, non-governmental organizations, human rights organizations,
hospitals, schools, international humanitarian organizations and individuals. Support,
assistance and involvement of these multiple stakeholders do have certain amount
> The results of the joint research: The Present State of Buddhist ‘Social Work” Activities in Asia,
2016.
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